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Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
D
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Nude corpse, sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Cigarette and marijuana smoking, alcohol abuse |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Very scary with graphic, gruesome images, torture, murder, child abuse |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2000 |
I think the idea here was to cross “Silence of the Lambs” with “The Matrix.” It’s a story about a serial killer, now in some sort of irreversible catatonia. How can the police find where he has hidden his last victim, who may still be alive? Well, it just so happens that a billionaire whose …
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Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
Plot: While Jerry Renault (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) a freshman at Trinity Prep boy’s school, is belittled by the football coach, two boys, Archie (Wally Ward) and Orbie (Dough Hutchison) sit high up in the stands watching them. Archie determines the “assignments” to be given to those boys selected for the school’s elite club, the Vigils, and …
Continue reading “The Chocolate War”
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations, including multiple partners and adultery |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Characters in peril, accidental death |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2000 |
The Contender” isn’t authentic. It isn’t even credible. It falls just short of preposterous. Now that we have that out of the way, let me say that it is thought-provoking and thoroughly enjoyable. The Vice President has died and the President (Jeff Bridges) has to appoint a new one, someone who will underscore his legacy …
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Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
4th - 6th Grades |
| Profanity: |
Insults |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Non-explicit sexual situation and reference to out of wedlock pregnancy |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Swordfights and fistfights, peril, torture, death of characters |
| Diversity Issues: |
Class differences |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2002 |
Two things that almost always capture our attention in movies are watching someone learning something and watching someone getting revenge. Both are in “The Count of Monte Cristo” in abundance, and once again, in this 15th filmed version of the Alexandre Dumas novel, this most resilient of stories has been made into another thoroughly enjoyable …
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Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
“Life could not better be” than the pure cinematic joy of this movie from the first frame to the last. Danny Kaye has his best role as Hawkins, a follower of the Black Fox, a Robin Hood- style rebel who hopes to put the infant royal heir on the throne in place of the usurper. …
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